i like the das pop remix too ... although i find their stuff somewhat samey feeling. is it really such a feat to achieve the same thing 3 times or does that make them a one trick pony? i don't know how 'balearic' i think they are either. more like pretty straight forward 'nu disco' pop jams (which isn't the worst thing)
― jaime, Friday, 30 May 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
but it's the best trick ever!
― Tim F, Friday, 30 May 2008 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
To all balearic mixtapers out there, can I recommend the following unbeatable one two punch:
Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed Glissandro 70 - Bolan Muppets
They go together perfectly.
― Tim F, Saturday, 31 May 2008 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x18/gr8080/image001.gif Max Essa - Back to the Beach Max Essa - Tropic Canyons - Apples and Pears Low Motion Disco - Things Are Gonna Get Easier Smith + Mudd - Shulme (Lexx Edit) Coyote - Going Out
― gr8080, Friday, 6 June 2008 00:02 (fifteen years ago) link
in the series "balearic pops up in the most unexpected places", may I suggest you guys check out the 3rd movement of Steve Reich's 'Electric Counterpoint' (as played by Pat Metheny)
― baaderonixx, Friday, 6 June 2008 07:39 (fifteen years ago) link
WEWW012 is coming out soon http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/imgrec/53996.gif
Its by Dr. Dunks (aka eric from rub n tug)
samples: Love Savage The Phone
― gr8080, Saturday, 7 June 2008 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw someone get on the subway tonight with a sick Better than a Spoonful ofLeather tshirt
that is all nothing more to report
― dmr, Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:27 (fifteen years ago) link
dr drunks
― dmr, Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:28 (fifteen years ago) link
wow lovex3 (aeroplane mix) is so freaking irresistable
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 8 June 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
most definitely...
good picks grady! add this one:
Dub Delay Band
that jam is sick, and I heard a rumour from a reputable source that Weatherall had something to do with it.
xpost to baaderonixx, you might recognize a swath Electric Counterpoint in a Balearic classic - The Orb's 'Little Fluffy Clouds' - or am I pointing out the obvious?
― BATTAGS, Sunday, 8 June 2008 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
swath *of*...
― BATTAGS, Sunday, 8 June 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
haha - thanks, i'd never noticed!
― baaderonixx, Sunday, 8 June 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
a little too aggressive to be Balearic but I don't know what else to put it under - Simone Fedi's "Yeah!" is awesome
listened to all the new Aeroplane stuff today at a record store (Pacific Air, Love Love Love rmx, the Kathy Diamond 12", maybe even one other one ... they've got a lot out now) but none of it hit me in the same way as that first 12". didn't end up buying any of em.
― dmr, Monday, 9 June 2008 00:30 (fifteen years ago) link
you kerrrrrrrrazy!
― BATTAGS, Monday, 9 June 2008 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i dont love pacific air or the kathy diamond as much as the s/t trak and the LLL remix
― max, Monday, 9 June 2008 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
dmr, what record store has that stuff and listening stations? Etheria? Mondo Kims?
― dan selzer, Monday, 9 June 2008 04:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Etherea is where I went today, they have tons of this stuff. Kims carries some of it but their dance section can be kinda disorganized I think.
on the other hand it seems like Etherea has higher prices, a lot of their import 12"s are $12.98-$13.98 ugghh. which contributed to my only buying one of em (the Simone Fedi on Eskimo).
― dmr, Monday, 9 June 2008 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
kathy diamond one is killer, i guess i have to check the others
― deej, Monday, 9 June 2008 04:47 (fifteen years ago) link
The Kathy Diamond is killer. That, "Aeroplane" and the remix of "Love, Love, Love" are best I think.
― Tim F, Monday, 9 June 2008 05:30 (fifteen years ago) link
i love those tracks but pacific air race is so... boring... in comparison!!!!
― max, Monday, 9 June 2008 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
there's also a Love Love Love - Soft Rocks Remix with Kathy Diamond that was pretty cool. the other side was a Still Going rmx that I wasn't that into
of course this is all first impressions just playchecking records real fast, I'm sure I might go back and change my mind on some of this stuff later
I also listened to the Tiedye records (the Metallica cover and the one with Feist) and they didn't do much for me. maybe I've just overloaded on this style a little bit. but as far as the other new stuff on Italians, this --
Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed
is great
― dmr, Monday, 9 June 2008 05:43 (fifteen years ago) link
icp is dope
― max, Monday, 9 June 2008 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
still going remix of love love love isnt great... but i like the original and the LSB soundsystem remix
― max, Monday, 9 June 2008 05:59 (fifteen years ago) link
-- max, Monday, June 9, 2008 12:58 AM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
let's use a diff acronym maybe?
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 June 2008 06:00 (fifteen years ago) link
invisible conga are aight, i thought "cable dazed" was "pretty" but kinda zzzzz
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 June 2008 06:03 (fifteen years ago) link
aeroplane rmx of kathy diamond otoh...
lol m.o. for BALEARIC REVIVAL is "'pretty' but kinda zzzzz"
― max, Monday, 9 June 2008 06:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean im jokin but u kno
― max, Monday, 9 June 2008 06:09 (fifteen years ago) link
yah but invisble conga are kinda dark so they don't even have that a good vibe imo, at least not like a band like air france who make me happy even when they are (sometimes intentionally) zzzz
then again i've only heard "cable dazed" a few times a month or so ago, but idk it didn't seem like they have that many good ideas
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 June 2008 06:13 (fifteen years ago) link
haha! what, you don't like insane conga posse?
― andrew m., Monday, 9 June 2008 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
it didn't seem like they have that many good ideas
it's really just one idea but krautrock + dubby house beats is a pretty good one imo, or at least hits the right buttons for me. I like "Weird Pains" more than "Cable Dazed"
― dmr, Monday, 9 June 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't really get the Lindsrom&Prins Thomas reference though.
i think 'turkish delight' from their collab qualifies (and is awesome)
― poortheatre, Monday, 9 June 2008 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
The point of "Cable Dazed" is to be kind of zzz though. It's very hypnotic - reminds me of Laika a bit. The section with the deliquescing synth arpeggios at the 3 minute mark is just magical.
"Weird Pains" was my jam for the entire second half of last year, I'm not sure which is better though.
― Tim F, Monday, 9 June 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah this is what im saying--so much of this stuff (amo1, for example) is totally "pretty but kind of zzz." its part of what i really like about it (balearic revival), playing around the line btw. "hypnotic"/"meditative"/maybe even "lush" and "boring"/"soporific"/"kind of zzz." edging toward sleep-inducing--without falling totally into it--thats a big component of this aesthetic, i think
― max, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
is it just me who thinks that any song automatically seems better once it shows up on a Balaeric mix?...
― henry s, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i think music in general has sounded better after my exposure to Balearic
― poortheatre, Tuesday, 10 June 2008 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
wow just discovered that too hard aeroplane coyote remix and i am lovin it!
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I just bought that Ministry of Sound Fred Deakin Balearic thing on iTunes and I guess it's probably BLRC 101 (or even not totally relevant) to the vets on this thread, but I am liking a lot of it. Good deal, too - 10 pounds and you get both discs of individual tracks plus both discs mixed.
― Savannah Smiles, Wednesday, 11 June 2008 06:35 (fifteen years ago) link
The new mix on Beats in Space by Balearic Mike is ace. Having a bloody mary here in SF and the weather is just fine for these tunes. It's good because it goes out a little from the usual tried and tested balearic sonic palette, reaches out to some Brazilian stuff, some folk-rock Balearic, makes the mix that Quiet Village did for RA look tepid in comparison.
― oscar, Saturday, 14 June 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
should have posted this here instead of beardo:
samples of the new mark e sound awesome
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/index.php?url=http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/ver2/search1.php&new=1&search=Mark+E+%26+Dragon
― gr8080, Sunday, 22 June 2008 04:56 (fifteen years ago) link
mark e is so crucial
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 22 June 2008 07:09 (fifteen years ago) link
his 2 running back releases are on itunes btw (r&b drunkie and good times are not, obv)
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 22 June 2008 07:15 (fifteen years ago) link
"R&B Drunkie" makes the last 100 years of human history all worth it.
― Tim F, Sunday, 22 June 2008 08:13 (fifteen years ago) link
^^ not hyperbole
― haitch, Sunday, 22 June 2008 09:09 (fifteen years ago) link
the two mark e mixes going around out there at the moment—mystery mix on dj history and turn it out (forget the blog that hosted)—are so fantastic.
― andrew m., Monday, 23 June 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/runningbackrecords
"human" is sick. mark e played in london recently, anyone go?
― r1o natsume, Monday, 23 June 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
turn it out mix exclusive x-mas mix
apparently there is a beats in space mix somewhere?
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 23 June 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.beatsinspace.net/audio/2007/oct2/bis100207part1.mp3
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 23 June 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
also, this rad one:
http://coolinthepool.com/files/Mark_E_-_Love_the_Action.mp3
― andrew m., Monday, 23 June 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
it would be rad if someone could leonardo the jiscomusic EPs and the new one
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 23 June 2008 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link